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1994 - Pearl Primus dies

On this date in 1994, Pearl Primus dies. Primus, who founded her own dance company in 1946, was best known for her “primitive” dances. She was famed for her energy and her physical daring, which were characterized by leaps up to five feet in the air. Dance critics praised her movements as forceful and dramatic, yet graceful and deliberately controlled.

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